This is a pretty funny story from today’s Pantagraph — especially the comments section. Apparently, a rumor got started in Bloomington-Normal yesterday that gas prices outside of the twin cities, from Champaign to Peoria, were up to $4 per gallon! So, everyone was rushing to the gas stations to fill up at $2.96 per gallon before their gas prices rose as well.
What do you want to bet some enterprising gas station owner started the rumor? Don’t these people have any friends in Peoria that they could call and check?
My favorite comment, no doubt referring to Bloomington-Normal’s recent ban on smoking at restaurants: “B/N is so big on banning things these days, how about a ban on raising gas prices? Now THERE’S a ban I’d support!”
That IS funny… I heard this rumor yesterday from someone at church. It was presented to me that “My sister just SAW the price herself…”
I got gas yesterday though, because I was empty…
I heard a similar rumor from a gas station clerk in East Peoria about Groveland and Springfield. He said it was $3.88/gal in both places. I immediately called the Casey’s in Groveland that he referred to, and they said they were still at $3.04/gal.